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• VIDEO: Playing EWQL Piano

  Well the much anticipated piano sample library of 2008 EastWest Quantum Leap Pianos shipped last week. This library is absolutely amazing! This sample library consists of 35 DVDs of samples from 4 different high dollar pianos. You can read more about... Posted Mar 12 2008, 02:50 AM by The Musician Blog (Jim Martin) Filed under: Demo, Piano, Video, EastWest, Quantum Leap Pianos

• VIDEO: Playing Angel

  I haven't done a video in a while so I thought I would change things up a bit and post a video of me playing Sarah McLachlan's Angel on my digital piano. Oh, and thanks Ado for pointing me to windows media encoder . Download Video View Video Format... Posted Sep 30 2007, 12:19 AM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: UAD, Demo, Ivory, Piano, S90ES, Video

• Night Fall

  Here is a new song, Night Fall. You will notice it's very ambient. I'm currently writing a bunch of different songs and some of them will go into my final CD of laid back ambient music. This is one of the contenders, but who know it could get... Posted Sep 17 2007, 12:51 AM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Ivory, Piano, Song, Cubase 4, Stylus RMX, Atmosphere

• The Holocaust

  Time for a new song. This is a laid back sad feeling composition, hence the name The Holocaust, containing piano, violin, flute, and a dark pad. I composed all the parts and played them into Cubase 4. [mp3]http://www.playingkeys.com/music/holocaust.mp3... Posted Aug 31 2007, 12:11 AM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Piano, Song

• Audio Sample: Music & Technology

  One of the things that is really convenient about being a geek and a piano/keyboard player is that the two areas have really started to gel together. Computers have become an important part of music and there are a lot of musicians falling behind because... Posted Aug 05 2007, 06:17 PM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Demo, Ivory, Piano

• ReMix

  I decided to remix the song I wrote and played in this video because the audio in the video is kind of bad. Here is the re-mixed version with a little bit better audio quality. [mp3]http://www.playingkeys.com/music/watersedge.mp3[/mp3] Read More... Posted May 28 2007, 11:36 PM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Mixing, Piano, S90ES, Song

• Thank You!

  This Memorial Day Weekend I decided to write a song (listen below) for all the men, women and their families that have sacrificed so much for this great Country. This holiday is always really special to me. I’m always touched with great emotion as I think... Posted May 28 2007, 01:31 AM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Ivory, Piano, Song

• True Pianos

  For Mother's Day I decided to write a nice piano tune for my mom. She loves to just lay on the couch and listen to me play so I decided since I don't live at home anymore it would be nice to give her something she can play. For this tune I used... Posted May 14 2007, 11:21 AM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Demo, Truepianos, Ivory, Pianoteq, Piano

• Piano Recital Complete

  On Saturday, 5/12/2007, I had my first piano recital since my younger years. Recently I started taking piano lessons. I took lessons when I was younger, but like most kids the social aspects of your life tend to take precedence and the first thing to... Posted May 14 2007, 09:53 AM by Jim's Musical Blog Filed under: Piano, Recital, Lessons

• Playing My Keyboard

  This is just a short clip of me playing a little song I wrote. I composed all of the parts and I'm playing the piano part live. Read More... Posted Apr 25 2007, 02:27 AM by Jim Martin's Mind Bank Filed under: Piano, S90ES, Keyboard, Music